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Examples of heterodoxy in a Sentence
Copernicus's theory that the earth revolved around the sun was arrant heterodoxy at a time when the earth was thought to be the center of the universe.
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Ethan, now 3-years-old, was diagnosed with heterodoxy, a rare birth defect that among other ailments has left him with two left lungs and a stomach on the wrong side of his body.
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Ditto the hysterical discussions undoubtedly now arising from an anodyne piece of climate heterodoxy by the paper’s newest columnist,...
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First Known Use of heterodoxy
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heterodoxy Synonyms
Synonyms
dissent, dissidence, heresy, nonconformityAntonyms
conformity, orthodoxyRelated Words
error, fallacy, falsehood, misbelief, misconception, myth; apostasy, defection, infidelity, schism, scission, sectarianism, separatism; deviance, deviation, iconoclasm, unconventionality; disagreement, discord, dissension (also dissention)Near Antonyms
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